Resources

This list contains links to STEAM-related games, labs, programs, and educational opportunities within Illinois, and beyond for teachers, families, and students. Please submit STEAM ideas, comments, questions,  or suggestions using our contact us form.

STEAM-Related Resources

• Always Ready for Learning
• Changing the Curve:  Women in Computing
  
• Chicago STEM Pathways Cooperative
• CS4IL
• Code.org
• CoderDojo
• GirlCon Chicago
  
• Girls Go CyberStart
• Girls who Code
  
• Illinois Digital Educators Alliance
  
• Illinois EPA Environmental Pathways
  
• Illinois EPA Environmental Education Materials
  
• Illinois Extension 4-H Programs
• Illinois Open Educational Resources
• Illinois State Board of Education STEAM
  
• Illinois State Board of Education K-8 Career Exploration & Development
  
• Illinois State Board of Education Manufacturing, Engineering, Technology & Trades
  
• IMSA E-Teaching Resources | STEM A La Carte
  
• IMSA Little STEAMers Early Learning Program for Pre-K
  
• IMSA STEM Snack Box Series
• IMSA Virtual Professional Development for Teachers
  
• International Technology and Engineering Educators Association
• JFF STEM
• Jump Simulation
  
• Jump Simulation Explore Health Care Inspired STEAM
  
• Kidzeum of Health and Science Online Learning
  
• Learn Away
• Learning Accelerator
• Learning Technology Center of Illinois
  
• Million Girls Moonshot
  
• Museum of Science and Industry Chicago
• NASA STEM Engagement: Computer Science Educational Resources
• NASA STEM Resources for K-12 Educators
  
• National Hockey League Future Goals Program
  
• Office of Community College Research and Leadership
  
• Project SYNcERE
• STEM Kids Chicago
• U.S. Department of Education STEM
  
• U.S. Department of Energy STEM Rising
  

Illinois Innovation

• Bloomington Normal STEM
  
• Illinois Innovation Network
• Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology
  
• Illinois Science & Technology Coalition
• Chicago Innovation
• Discovery Partners Institute
  
• Manufacturing x Digital
  
• Northwestern University Office for Research
• Southern Illinois University Research Park
• University of Chicago Research
• University of Illinois Chicago Innovation Center
• University of Illinois Research Park
  
• 1871
  

Entrepreneurial Education

• Chicago Student Invention Convention
• Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities
• Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship

Federal Labs located in Illinois

• Argonne National Laboratory STEM Outreach
  
• Fermilab National Accelerator Laboratory

Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Resources

• VR Soils Curriculum
  
• Virtual Reality Resources from Mr. Koniak at TCUSD#3
  
• Cahokia Mounds AR Project
• Illinois State University VR and AR
• University of Illinois Vet Med AR
  
• University of Illinois VR Lab

Illinois Education Agencies and Initiatives

• Connect Illinois
• Illinois Board of Higher Education
• Illinois Community College Board
  
• Illinois Mathematics & Science Academy
  
• Illinois State Board of Education
  
• Illinois Student Assistance Commission
• Illinois Century Network
  
• Illinois workNet